Ordyne

Ordyne
Japanese arcade flyer
DeveloperNamco
Publishers
ComposerShinji Hosoe
PlatformsArcade, TurboGrafx-16
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: September 1988
TurboGrafx-16
  • JP: September 8, 1989
  • NA: March 1990
GenreScrolling shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemNamco System 2

Ordyne is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed and published by Namco. It was released as an arcade video game in September 1988, only in Japan. A conversion to the TurboGrafx-16 was released in 1989 and internationally in March 1990 by NEC.

Gameplay

An arcade screenshot showing Yūichirō confronting the game's first boss.

Players take control of the genius scientist Yuichiro Tomari and his Chinese assistant Sunday Chin as they attempt to rescue Tomari's fiancée, Kana Aibara from the evil Dr. Kubota and his army of robotic minions. The enemies all follow preset patterns, and killing a group of smaller ones or a larger one leaves crystals behind that can be collected and exchanged for special weapons, extra lives, and even more crystals at a shop or by defeating a robot. This game has a total of seven levels, and a boss is fought at the end of each one. One hit will kill Yūichirō and Sunday, unless either of them has a power-up cameo appearance of Pac-Man which can tank one hit for the characters.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Ordyne as the second most successful table arcade unit of October 1988.

Legacy

The game was included in Namco Museum Volume 4 for the Sony PlayStation. The TurboGrafx-16 version was released on the Wii's Virtual Console in 2007. Hamster Corporation released the arcade version outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in October 2022.

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: オーダイン, Hepburn: Ōdain

References

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  3. ↑ "オーダイン (PCE)". Famitsu (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
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  6. ↑ "10月号特別付録 PCエンジンオールカタログ'93" (in Japanese). Vol. 6, no. 10. Tokuma Shoten. PC Engine FAN. October 1, 1993. p. 72.
  7. ↑ "Videospiele - Ordyne" (in German). Markt & Technik. Power Play. February 1990. p. 66. Archived from the original on April 22, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Closer Look - Ordyne". No. June/July 1990. Larry Flynt Publications. TurboPlay. p. 22. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 343. Amusement Press. November 1, 1988. p. 25.
  10. ↑ Hagues, Alana (November 3, 2022). "Nintendo Download: 3rd November (North America)". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on April 15, 2026. Retrieved March 30, 2026.